Cheer up Wii owners! The first “Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop” footage might have been yet another reminder of your console’s inferior hardware power, but at least you still have “MadWorld.” That game with the limited color palette that allows you to shove street signs through people’s heads. It looks like we’re all finally getting our wish of turning the Wii into a full-fledged murder simulator! Take that Reggie!

Straight from the Games Convention in Leipzig comes the newest trailer for the bloodiest game I’ve ever seen in black and white, MadWorld. Check it out, after the jump.

“MadWorld” is being developed by PlatinumGames, which is the development team formed from the ashes of Clover Studio (the team behind “Okami” and “Viewtiful Joe”). It is a third-person action game, which features some of the most over-the-top brutality I have ever seen in a game. Though, the violence is so outlandish that it is more comical than disgusting.

The latest trailer shows off some vehicle-based segments, as well as a few environmental kills. I don’t know which is more awesome, death by moving train or death by airplane engine.

Aside from the protagonist’s trusty chainsaw, players will also be able to dispatch enemies with barrels, trash cans and street signs. However, if street furniture is not your thing, then you might be inclined to rip an opponent’s heart out or repeatedly introduce the foe to a spiked wall.

In IGN’s GC 2008 preview of the game, Matt Wales wrote, “On the subject of spikes, one of our absolute favourite deaths of the demo occurred as our rep tossed an enemy at an open dumpster only for him to be skewered on the spikes lining the lid.”

However, this violence has a purpose.  Players must attain a certain number of points (by maiming various enemies) to earn a shot at each level’s boss character. Did you catch that guy sporting those awesome engine-like weapons on his arms?  That is one of the title’s notable baddies.

According to IGN:

It seems that success in a level of MadWorld relies on you reaching a specified number of kill points. You can earn these through standard attacks – however, string together environmental kills into devastating combos and you’ll wrack up points in massive ways. For instance, you’re rewarded handsomely for thwapping a tire over an enemy’s head to incapacitate them before jamming a street sign through their brains and hurling them at exposed spikes around the level.

“MadWorld” looks like a promising game. The game’s mixture of extreme brutality and unique aesthetics will certainly separate it from the majority of the Wii’s current library. I constantly complain about the lack of mature software available for the Wii, but this title has me giddy with anticipation.

Unfortunately, the game’s extreme violence has drawn the ire of some “journalists” across the Atlantic. I suspect that the same thing will happen here in the States. However, if this article is any indication, we might not hear anything from Fox News for a couple of years.

Source: IGN